CVE-2014-9662

Published: Feb 8, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not validate the return values of point-allocation functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OTF font.

Affected (11)

Products: Opensuse: Opensuse · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · +2 more

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Opensuse: Opensuse · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Fedoraproject: Fedora · Freetype: Freetype

1 product

1 product

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 7.0

Configuration C

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 10.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 15.04

Configuration D

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 20
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 21

Configuration E

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freetype Freetype	Up to 2.5.3

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (20)

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=185

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5f201ab5c24cb69bc96b724fd66e739928d6c5e2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=185

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5f201ab5c24cb69bc96b724fd66e739928d6c5e2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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